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  • RE: If employed, why do you go for certifcation??

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (8/15/2011)


    Re: the MCM: This is a double edged sword. You don't need the other certs to sit for the MCM exam, and if you can...


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  • RE: If employed, why do you go for certifcation??

    Personally because I have a hankering for the MCM and these are pre-reqs I can get out of the way during my pursuit. Otherwise, I wouldn't care.


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (8/12/2011)


    Brandie Tarvin (8/12/2011)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (8/12/2011)


    Is anyone here working with, or struggling to

    - work in a complex development environment that does automated builds...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    SQLRNNR (8/12/2011)


    Anybody else feel like reporting this person/post?

    :w00t::cool::hehe::w00t:;-):-P:w00t:

    I'm sure mine was. Thread's locked at this point though, so I can't respond. I'm rather surprised he didn't PM me....


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: trying to reduce the amount of logical reads

    GilaMonster (8/12/2011)


    The Dixie Flatline (8/11/2011)


    If the ID is included as part of the index, the optimizer can find MAX by matching on [field_name1] and [field_name2], then reading the last value...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Ninja's_RGR'us (8/11/2011)


    @Lynn, you realize I was only kidding with this right :w00t:

    Ninja's_RGR'us (8/7/2011)


    Lynn > sp_update_resume, sp_deploy_resume :-D.

    Come back anytime you want, you'll always be home here with us!

    Now back on...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    bitbucket-25253 (8/11/2011)


    Evil Kraig F

    On the QOD:

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1157383-1222-5.aspx#bm1158891

    Many thanks for your comments on the above. Hopefully even without SanDroid's endless rant, some people learned something about why not to Shrink a DB.

    My...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis (8/11/2011)


    Forever it won't dominate your destiny. Life there is after the dark side.

    Definately going to be interesting. I am excited about getting to work with SQL...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Shrink Database

    SQLRNNR (8/11/2011)


    Good thing you changed to Evil Kraig F prior to posting this 😉

    That Craig dude is my 'good twin'. Can't stand him. He's too nice.


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Shrink Database

    SanDroid (8/11/2011)


    Learning and helping others is very important. I am only a Microsoft Certified Trainer and Red Cross Volunteer. When teaching classes I do not give students labs or...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: trying to reduce the amount of logical reads

    GilaMonster (8/11/2011)


    Add ID as a 3rd key column to this index:

    Out of curiousity, why not include the ID instead of key it? Would reduce the tree load.


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Application install needs SA? what to do?

    In general the reason apps want SA is because they want to install or run maintenance scripting and use the sqlagent as well. This is great in that a...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin (8/11/2011)


    I'm published again! "Tales We'll Tell Tomorrow" is the final chapter in the Shadowrun Street Legends sourcebook. It's a novelette this time and my editor loved my fight...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: Data Matters

    Data is not information.

    Thanks for the thought to chew on. I know it in theory and practice but something you said (and I can't point to it) just got...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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  • RE: avoid the failure alerts from decommisioned server

    narasimhareddy.dba (8/10/2011)


    yes, we are getting the alerts from server xyz like

    <xyz>backup job failed from XYZ server.

    please asist how to aviod those alerts from XYZ server.

    1) Learn your environment and find...


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

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